Love, War, and Choices

Kimiko wakes up to find she's thinking about Raimundo, and their extra hard training coming up in about five hours. It's 12:00a.m. on Febuary 14th. What happens when that training leads to a fight against the Xiaolin and Heylin side? And who will fight for Kimiko's love? Better yet, who will Kimiko chose? Kimx?

Disclaimer: Are Kim and Rai together in the actual show? No? Okay, I don't own Xiaolin Showdown:)

Prologue: Midnight Hour

Kimiko sighed lightly, sitting up in bed. She glanced at the clock. '12:00. Great...extra hard training in five hours. Just peachy! I can't even sleep, but I know I should try again. God damnit! (yes it's one of those fanfictions of mine.)'

Her mind drifted as she got up and looked into the small mirror on her wall. She picked up her brush and began to comb her hair as she thought. 'I wonder what Omi, Clay and I will have to do for training. Of course, Master Fung never tells us and we never even get a clue. God, I hate when I know something's going to happen, but I don't know what. I wonder about Raimundo...does Master Fung tell him? Oh my god! That'd be sooo unfair!'

'Ugh...wait...why am I thinking about Raimundo?!? We're just friends, besides...He's took cocky to even consider dating. But he's also jerk, obnoxious, unconsiderate, cute, tall, sweet at times and...I feel so...wait! Oh my god! Get hold of yourself Kim...this is RAIMUNDO!'

She shook her head as she put down the brush and got up, and pushed the curtain over to one side very quietly, just so she didn't wake anyone. Looking both right and left, she wondered what she should do. Her mind finally said kitchen, but her feet went left.

Soon after she started to swiftly walk, her mind told her what she was doing. 'I could go right to the kitchen...but why not go left? I could pass Raimundo's room then! Even though it will take me three times longer to get to the kitchen.'

She became annoyed with herself as she stopped infront of Raimundo's door. 'I wonder if he's still awake...' her hand reached for the door handle, but before it got there, the handle began to turn.

'Shit!' she thought. She tried to move, run, hide, walk away or by, anything so Raimundo wouldn't see her. But, she was too petrified, therefore unable to move. When the door opened, we stared into eachothers eyes. Sapphire and emerald. Kimiko got lost in the big orbs she so longed to own. She loved her own eyes, so in that way she didn't mean it, but truly, deep down in her heart, although she didn't know it, she really liked Raimundo.

For her mind and stubbern love feelings...it was a bad thing.

Suddenly, she saw a spark. A spark she could feel her eyes had too. She smiled in her head. Raimundo was lost in her eyes aswell!

'You don't suppose...' she was thinking to no one in particular, '...he likes me to-oh my god!' she shook her head and their eye contact broke.

"Kim?" he asked, trying to sound confused, but Kimiko could tell he had a hint of surprise, concern and happiness in his voice.

"Ummm..." her mind couldn't come up with an excuse, so she decided with what popped into her brain the fastest. "Hey Rai!" She soon mentally kicked herself.

"What are you doing up so late?" he asked, almost laughing at her dumb reply.

"Well...I..." She trailed off, not knowing what to say.

"Go on..." he smirked, but crossed his arms, and raised his eyebrows.

"I was going to go to the kitchen actually!" she shot back to the 'what are you up to?' look he was giving to her.

"Kim...Your cubicle is to my right. And to the right of your cubicle is the hall. And the right-"

"Okay, okay! Get on with it!" she snapped, obviously amused, but annoyed.

"Why'd you come left when the kitchen is right of where you started?"

"Well, I umm...You see...Well what it is..." she totally stopped trying to stall. It was no good. Once again, that ignorate Pedrosa had trapped her in a corner. "What are you doing coming out of your room?" she shot back, finally saying something back to one of those cruel vocal jokes, and taking him by surprise by doing so.

"Well !I! was going to check and see if my teammates were all still asleep...but I guess my check has come to a hault, since one is out of bed!"

Kimiko glared at him. 'God, he's so stupid! And a horrible liar!'

"Rai..."

"Yes?" he sounded irratited.

Kimiko's eyes shrunk down in size, making her eyes like slits. She then spoke in a more...flirtasious, and seductive tone. "Rai..."

This time he didn't answer. He couldn't...he didn't believe she was using a tone like that on him...did she-no...she didn't...yuck! Why would he say that?

'It's Kimiko you moron! She's some short little rich brat. That's what you've always thought! The dyed hair, ever changing outfits...I mean...god! Get a grip Rai! But...now...her hair is...totally...normal. Like natural. She really actually looks pretty without all that crap clouding her natural beauty. Raimundo Pedrosa! Snap out of it! You idiot! Shit! I ain't fallin' for Ms. Perfect...no...I'm sure a lot of guys drool over her...why not? Uhh...I won't though!'

He shook his head as he saw her...She walked over to him, still that sly smile and small eyes. Her hips swayed in a smooth rhythm as her hair swept across her back repeatiatly.(i'm in the mood for making up words if that's not one :P)

"Raimundo..." she whispered walking up to his arm. She moved her hand back to to her hair and twirled it around in her fingers.

After a few moments, her hand was just back by her head, not even touching her hair.

He never wanted the moment to end...she was so...different...more like the girls in Brazil...and he seriously liked that.

Suddenly, it was ruined. The reminder of home, the seconds that felt like he was away from the temple...everything. For Kimiko had punched him hard in the arm, and started laughing historicly.

"You're a horrible liar!" she spit out between laughs.

"That's it?" he said in shock. "You get all seductivish with me and then you come over to hit me...that's cruel!"

"1. yes that's it...2. seductivish isn't a word...3. I wasn't getting all seducTIVE with you...it was fake...and 4. you do the same thing all the time, just you have a different style in doing things! Welcome to the Girl's World Raimundo!" she laughed.

"Meanie..." he muttered walking past her.

She finally stopped laughing enough to catch up to him. They both headed to the kitchen in silence, and while in there, they both glared at each other.

Kimiko couldn't tell if this was a joke or if he was seriously mad, but she just decided to go along with it. Breaking the glare, because, she couldn't stand not being able to burst out laughing anymore, she got a glass and turned on the sink, filling the glass with water.

He did the same.

She had just gone over to the cupboard to get a pack of hot chocolate, when she found herself screaching. Raimundo had dumped his giant glass of water over her head.

"RAIMUNDO!" she screamed viciously. She turned quickly with her cup of water and threw the cup, without letting go, making the water splash out all over him.

"Hey!"

"What? Didn't want your fancy robes to get wet?"

"Didn't want your fantastic hair getting wet?" he shot back.

She growled and walked past him.

Thinking he didn't follow her, she went over to the small pond and sat down. The frosty breeze chilled her skin, but she didn't care. Being the dragon of fire had it's perks sometimes...

Reaching over to the pond, Kimiko picked a small lily and held it in her hand. She smiled slightly, and looked into the reflection of the water. Her hair blew in the wind, and her eyes had the moon's mood sparkle inside them.

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From Raimundo's point of few, she looked beautiful. So...tranquiled, but then again, she was so disturbed. He thought it must be the fire she kept inside of her. No wonder why she was such a hot head! But...it wasn't just her control over fire...something was bothering her...and he wanted to know what.

He walked over quietly and sat down next to her. But of course, she took no notice. "Kimiko?" he asked in a concerned voice.

She looked down, and obviously his voice didn't surprise her at all. She set the lily in the pond and watched it for a few minutes before she answered. "Yeah?"

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing Raimundo."

"Yes...there is..."

"No...Raimundo, I'm serious...there isn't anything wrong."

"Okay..." he knew he had trapped her...or so he thought.

"Good night Rai..." she got up, and he was too confused to follow.

"Kim..." he didn't move, but he hoped she would stay.

She leaned down and whispered in his ear, "Good night...And...Thanks..." and just as Raimundo was accumulating the world Thanks, she kissed him...on the cheek.

And after he was finally not shocked anymore, he looked around to see no sight or sign of Kimiko. All the proof there was that she was even there was the lily in the pond.

He got up, smiled, and walked back to his room.

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Kimiko sat before her mirror with a towl at hand. Soon that towl turned to a brush. She glanced at the clock. 12:58. 'Good...just enough time to get four more hours of sleep.' She thought as she was sitting up in her bed. Smiling, she lay her head down on the pillow and fell fast asleep, satisfied with her hour with Raimundo...

It was like a fairy tale gone real...well...it would be...until the waking of everyone...Heylin and Xiaolin side in a few hours...on Febuary 14th...Valentine's Day...

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Wow...this story, I think may be short, or it could totally be super long...sorry, I just really need to keep myself busy...so I'm gunna see if I can run 3 story's at once. :D doesn't that sound exciting! lolz...well umm please review, and thanks to those who read :) What will happen next? Tell me what you think! btw, chapters will get longer, this was just to start you all off!

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